erythrocyte (redirected from Erythrocytes)

e·ryth·ro·cyte  (-rthr-st)

n.

See red blood cell.

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e·rythro·cytic (-stk) adj.

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erythrocyte [ir-rith-roe-site]

Noun

a red blood cell that transports oxygen through the body [Greek eruthros red + kutos hollow vessel]

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erythrocyte  (-rthr-st)

See red blood cell.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

erythrocyte - a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus RBC, red blood cell blood cell, blood corpuscle, corpuscle - either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets macrocyte, megalocyte - abnormally large red blood cell (associated with pernicious anemia) megaloblast - abnormally large red blood cell present in pernicious anemia and folic acid deficiency acanthocyte - an abnormal red blood cell that has thorny projections of protoplasm microcyte - an abnormally small red blood cell (less than 5 microns in diameter) reticulocyte - an immature red blood cell containing a network of filaments or granules sickle cell - an abnormal red blood cell that has a crescent shape and an abnormal form of hemoglobin siderocyte - an abnormal red blood cell containing granules of iron not bound in hemoglobin spherocyte - an abnormal spherical red blood cell target cell - an abnormal red blood cell with the appearance of a dark ring surrounding a dark center; associated with anemia haemoglobin, Hb, hemoglobin - a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues; "fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals"